Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-06-17
GOSHEN,

There is "A fair prospect of having a
good hay crop this season.
Quarterly meeting was held at the W.
NJ. church last Saturday and Sunday.
Geo. Derby of Granville was in town
last Saturday. He came to bring his sis
ter-n-law, Mrs. VIM. Squiers, who has
been visiting on the other side of the
mountain.
Rev. f. Mathews was sent sent for and
went to Hague, y. V, to attend the fun
eral of Rev. Richard Delarm on Monday
OF this week. Mr.. Delarm once resided
i'll this town and preached here and at
FOrestdale
Mrs. William (RoXana Allen Squiers
and her daughter of Iowa are visiting
friends here in her native town. Her
many friends are pleased to see her. She
will probably remain in town and vicn-
ity until autumn.
We understand that Edison Baird has
lost one hog, Sherman Fuller a yearling.
j. W. Brown a COW and +. j. and D. b.
Brown two cows. two yearlngs and
hog. But the death of any of the ami
mails is not attributed to any contagious
disease.
One morning recently. when Frank
and Scion, sons of ID. b. Brown, were
driving cows to pasture, they saw some
thing moving in the brakes about ten
rods distant. They soon perceived that
it was fox. Frank Immediately brought
his rifle up at arms length and fired. One
LEG of the fox was broken by the bullet
and the boys pursued and caught the fox.
which escaped. 1t was again pursued by
the boys and Scion caught it and held it
up by the tail so that it could not bite
him and returned home with it, obtained
the bounty and is now waiting for anoth-
er such opportunity to present itself
Where is the boy of his age that can han
die a rifle better than he can? -
John White died on Saturday, June +.
after sickness of about three weeks.
The funeral was on Monday, the 18th. in
the NJ. f. church, Rev. Mr.. Austin of
Brandon officiating. The bearers were
j. l.. Jones, NJ. O'Brien, A. :. Brown and
f. p. Whitaker. A large number were
in attendance, some of whom came from
Brandon and Leicester. Mr.. White was
born in this town and resided here most
of the time. His age was - years and
about ten months. He leaves wife and
four or five children and large circle of
friends who have the sympathy of the
community. He was good citizen and
had held some important offices in town.
He was once first constable and at the
time of his death he was grand Juror of
| the town.
a Ladies' Aid society has been organ
lied with these officers: President, Mrs.
Garlic Sessions ;vice-president, Mrs. Lucy
Hooker secretary, Miss Velma a. Allen ::
treasurer, Mrs. Minerva j. Allen. 1t or
garized with ten members, and now it
has about twenty. 1t meets once in two
weeks at the residence of some one of its
members. The meetings are opened
with prayer, followed by singing, and
then, after business matters have been
attended to, literary exercises are in Or
der; original and select pieces are read
and the meeting is closed by singing.
The object of the organization is to raise
funds to repair and fit up, internally, the
NJ. f. church edifice. The public spirit
thus evinced is very commendable and it
is hoped that all will aid in a substantial
manner, so that the society will continue
in their noble work until all our public
buildings are so much improved that we
shall all with one accord tender our heart
felt thanks to the noble women for their
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